Live updates as EIGHT Lincolnshire schools report bomb threats

Lincolnshire schools have received bomb threats this morning, April 13.

Eight schools within the region have reported the emails to police.

Police are treating it as a hoax but are working with national agencies and other forces to establish where the communication came from.

It follows a similar incident just weeks ago.

This is a live breaking story and we will continue to update as we get more information

Has your school been affected? Get in touch through Facebook and Twitter, or via news@lincolnshireecho.co.uk.

12:13

This is where the bomb threat is alleged to have come from

The Hull Daily Mail is reporting that the bomb threat has emanates from the US.

The message is claimed to have been sent from the USA and refers to the FBI.

Schools have moved to reassure parents that it is a ‘non-credible’ threat and that the messages have been sent to schools across the country.

11:15

'These need to be taken seriously' says parent

Kat Simcox has got in touch on Facebook. She said: “But yet we still have to send our children to school even though these are hoaxes but what if one day it isn’t one and something actually happens? I get that some schools close [for a] extra day and go into lock down but it’s not enough in this day and age.”

11:07

Schools shut elsewhere

A school in East Yorkshire has shut as a result of the threat.

Aldbrough Primary School, between Withernsea and Hornsea, posted on their Facebook that the school had been forced to shut following a malicious email.

At least 10 other schools have been affected this morning, reports Hull Daily Mail.